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Entry Closet to Craft Closet/Office Transformation

I did it! I finally got organized and made our entry closet into a workspace & craft storage area. I must say..this took awhile! Before there were folding doors that made it hard to organize. All our coats were in here…but we live in Phoenix and no one used a coat this year! Plus my craft storage consisted of a million Hobby Lobby bags… Since we are renting we safely stored the doors and nothing in here is too permanent.My colors were inspired from this great shelf paper from TJ Maxx. I decided to use it on the walls. It worked out great!

Here I hung a towel holder and spray painted S hooks from the hardware store. Yellow pails from the Target dollar bin look fab! I transformed 3 clipboards, and also made a magnetic wood wall piece. The ribbon is hung with a pants hanger.

I found this wood wall piece for $5 at Goodwill and loved the cool shape so much. So I decided to paint it with Magnetic Primer from Lowe’s. (A side not: Just throw out your roller after done. It took me an hour to clean my hands and sink after this, and I need to take my wedding ring somewhere for a good cleaning. I also ruined a good brush.) I finished with the Valspar color Egg Yolk.It turned out so bright and cute!The clipboards I sprayed yellow and then added my adhesive vinyl whiteboard sheets purchased via Pick Your Plum.

My husband was nice and made me a little wood work area and even finished it with a rounded edge. I decided to make my own chevron stencil and painted it white and aqua blue. I had this little white shelf and it fit perfectly in there to make it look like a desk.

I went to Goodwill and spent about $13 on wire racks and office organizers and sprayed them white. My MIL gave me these thread storage pieces, but they were a yellowing plastic, so I sprayed them bright yellow.

The wire racks worked great for storing all my small fabric pieces. Jumbo ric rack is kept in that white basket. Oh and my splurge on this project were those great Chevron fabric storage bins $12.99 via Target. I had to go to three Targets to find three 🙂

I love that everything is where I can see it! Now I won’t waste so much time searching for things….My husband wants to know if I’ll have as much enthusiasm organizing our mess of a clothes closet? Nope!…not so much!

OMG!! I love the shelf paper. That is exactly what I'm looking for as a backing for bookcases. I would have never thought to look at TJMaxx. Your closet turned office/craft space turned out amazing!!!! Turquoise and yellow are so in right!! Great job!!

So fun and bright! I have a craft closet too! Mine is mostly for storage. My kitchen table is my craft space. I love all the genius organizing ideas. Found you at TT&J. All those bright colors caught my eye ;). Love all the details

Love it! Looks way better than my closet turned office(that didn't work) so then turned craft closet, now just a craft collector! Mine is a very small walk-in closet that you can't even walk into due to boxes of fabric, ribbon & other craft items (and maybe a few boxes of Girl Scout cookies.) I am going to redo it again hopefully this summer and may just use a few of your ideas! And I'm going to keep an eye out for those metal organizers-genius fabric storage!

I'm so grateful for this post. I've been complaining to my hubby lately that i HATE being in a rental because I can't have my own craft/blogging space. This has truly made me realize that I can do it in just a small space. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!BTW, love that you were featured on TT&J's facebook. I found you before that but love that she recognized the amazing talent you have.

Wow – its fantastic you did an amazing job! I am about to pick up my new sewing desk this week to create a little sewing and craft space for myself, and your post has been really inspiring! The colours are really bright and fresh. Love it all!

I LOVE your craft closet too Lina! Congrats on the tt&j feature TOP Spot!! You did so many fun things with this space. Gotta love what spray paint can do to some of the hideousness we find at thrift stores. haha Such a beautiful and functional space. I'm totally pinning it!! (Especially love the old pant hanger turned ribbon organizer – brilliant!)Karah @ thespacebetweenblog

Love it!! great makeover! I'm stopping by from TT&J. I have a Craft Room tour mini- series on my blog. If you'd like to show off your space, I know my readers would love to see this great crafty space!happy crafting,Linda

I LOVE it! I'm so excited for you to get to have this space. You did a fabulous job of pulling it together. I really like that you didn't have to make any structural changes to the closet…all of those shelves are perfect for storing your craft items. Enjoy the new space!

this closet is wonderful, just wonderful. i only have a closet to work with, so i was wondering, what was the size of your closet. mine is 5×3, just wondering if i could accomplish the same sort of set up.thanks for posts. and love your pantry!!!! can't wait to redo my pantry!!!!!!!!!

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